Wall and floor brace.



No. 769,339. PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

1 J. A. ETTLER.

' WALL AND FLOOR BRAGE.

. APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1903. N0 MODEL.

3O of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is Patented September 6, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

JOHN ADOLPH ETTLER, OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN SUTHEBLAND, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

WALL AND FLOOR BRACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,339, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed May 2, 1903. Serial No. 155,420. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN ADoL'rH ETTLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaumont, in the county of Jefferson and- State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wall and Floor Braces,

of which the following is a specification.

certain point said strain is borne by the braces at that point only, and should the strain be sufficiently great to cause the brace to yield or giveafracture of the plastic material .will result.

My invention relates to this class of devices, and has for its object to produce a bracing and strengthening member in which a strain sustained at one point will be transmitted throughout the entire bracing fabric and will be borne by the same as a whole, thus obviating liability of the plastic material becoming fractured through straining of the parts.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel details of construction and combination a view in elevation of a portion of the strengthening fabric constructed in accordance with my invention and in its preferred form. Fig. Zisa detail sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is'a view similar to Fig. 1 of a modification. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the same.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates my improved bracing or. strengthening fabric, which is composed of a plurality of rigid members 2 of uniform length disposed in groups of three, which arearranged to form triangular meshes 4:, the members being yieldably connected relative one to the other by connecting means or devices 5. In this conthroughout the fabric in three distinct lines, 5 O owing to the members extending end to end in three directions, and that by yieldably. connecting the members for movement relatively there will bea certain amount of yield or give at any point at which the fabric may be subjected to a blow.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the members 2 as consisting of metal rods provided at their ends with hooks 6 and the connecting devices 5 as being in the form of rings, with which the hook ends 6 of the rods engage. I

In Fig. 8 I have illustrated the members 2 as being in the form of metal bars provided at their ends with eyes 7 and the connecting devicesin the form of bolts or rivets which 5 extend through the eyes 7 for yieldably connecting the members.

Attention is particularly directed to the fact that in both forms of my invention as herein disclosed the connecting devices are perma- 7 nently in close contact with the members 2, thereby bringing and maintaining the latter normally in constant longitudinal axial continuance to thus obviate undue flexibility and at the same time insure the strains due to climatic changes and other causes being transmitted in a direct line from one member to another. This is an absolutely necessary fea-' ture of the construction in order that the fabric may in practice properly performits func- 8O tions to, the ends in view.

I am aware that it is old, as disclosed in Patent No. 108,553, dated October 25, 1870, to construct a fishing and display net in which the rods composing the meshes are connected 5' meshes and devices pivotally connecting the members for relative yielding movement, said devices being permanently in close contact with the members and the latter in longitudinal parallel continuance within a common plane, whereby strains will be transmitted in direct lines throughout the entire fabric.

2. A strengthening fabric of the class described comprising a plurality of rods disposed in groups to form triangular meshes and rings pivotally connecting said rods for relative yielding movement, said rings being permanently in close contact with the rods and the latter in longitudinal parallel continuance within a common plane, whereby strains will be transmitted in direct lines throughout the entire fabric.

3. A strengthening fabric of the class described comprising a plurality of rods disposed in groups to form triangular meshes and rings of circular form in cross-section pivotally connecting said rods for relative yielding movement, said rings being permanently in close contact with the rods and the latter in longitudinal parallel continuance within a common plane, whereby strains will be transmitted in direct lines throughout the entire fabric.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own 1 have hereto ailixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ADOLPH E'JT'ITL'ICh.

\Vitnesses:

J. S. l\LioNAi\iAnA, R. V. SANDERS. 

